For two years he has been subject to politically motivated attacks.
Three young white men are on trial for causing the death of a black man in what the prosecution charges was a racially motivated attack.
Robert Brown, his father, said yesterday that he did not believe his son would be involved in a racially motivated attack.
He has characterized the corruption investigation as a politically motivated attack on his policies.
As a result of those politically motivated attacks, student numbers went down from 900 to 200.
Smith's murder was one of several racially motivated attacks in Mississippi during 1955.
Already two young whites have been charged with taking part in a racially motivated attack.
Regardless of this, he is the first artist to have been killed in a politically motivated attack in the country's history.
Stephen Lawrence died as a result of a racially motivated attack.
The Kerry campaign has called the film a politically motivated attack that is unfair and inaccurate.